Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1894, Page 1

ESTABL ACRINONY 0N TAP Yesterday's Lively Session of the House of Representatives, SILVER ADVOCATES RAISE THEIR VOICES Democrats and Republicans Alike Come in for a Roasting. PARTISANSHIP DROPPED IN THE DEBATE Pence and Patterson Uncork the Vials of Their Wrath, PENCE HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM TALKING His Reflections on Members of the Houso Bring Him a Reprin - of the White ¥ cised - S Encmies stul Severely Critl- lings. WASHINGTON, e proceedings in the house today were full of exciting ir cldents. Mr. Bland, being unable to secure a quorum, concluded to allow the debate on the bill to proceed, at the same time d ing that he would return to the assault morrow. Two sensational specchies follow one by Mr. Pence of Colorado, who d aouncel the republieans for subm ting to the erack of ex-Speaker Reed’s whip and warned him that if the election of the president was thrown into che house in 1896 he would re new his filibustering, and the other by Mr Fithian of Illinols, who condemned in th severest terms the action of his democratic colleagues who were taking part in the filibuster. Toward the close of the session, Mr. Perce's reflect'ons on M= srs, Pi klr and Ellis of Oregon drew forth from them a statement which Mr. Pence characterized as “absolutely untrue.” He was twice called to order, and the house, by a vote, refused to allow him to proceed. It is probable Mr. Pence’s speech will be the reason of furtlier tomment tomorrow. _ When the house entered upon the third week of the struggle over the Binad scig- niorage bill at noon, there was a good at- tendance, both on the floor and in the gal- lerics. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Hatch, democrat, of Mis souri, chairman of the committee on agri- culture, arcse and stated that his committee claimed Jurisdiction gver a bill (the anti- options bill) which had been referred by the speaker to the ways and means committtee, and he moved that it be referred to (he agricultural committee. Mess Reed, Hopking, Breckinridge and Bynum at- tempted to crowd in some remarks, but the chair decided that the question was not debatable, and, on a rising vote, Mr. Hatch’s motion was carried by a vote of 88 to 57. Mr. Warner, democrat, of New York made the point of no quorum, whercupon Mr. Hateh demanded the yeas and n Mr. Enloe, democrat, of Tenncssee pre- ented a resolution, reciting the fact of the publication and distribution by the com- mittee on education of an attack upon the educational system of Tennessce, and called upon the secrotary of the interior for the authority for such a publication. The reso- lytion was read. Mr. Boutelle, republican, of Malne, as a privileged question, then sent to the clerk's desk and had read a long resolution, with several whoreases, expressing it as the sense of the house that Mr. Willis should be recalled from Hawail, 3 Ts this a resolution looking for a succes- sor for Minister Willis or a resolution to put democracysin the hole?” asked Mr. Bimpson, The speaker declared that he did not think it was a parllamentary question. He held that the resolution was not privileged and under the rule it was referred to the committee on forelgn affairs. The battle over the silver bill was then resumed. Mr. Bland then moved to go into commit- tee of the whole on his bill, and pending that, to close general *debate at 4 o'clock tomorrow. On the latter motion he de- manded the yeas and nays. The vote resulted 163 to 5, eleven short of a quorum, and Mr. Bland, upon the an- nouncement, moved a call of the house. The call develobed the presence of 273 mem- bers. Mr. Bland then withdrew his motion to limit debate and moved to go into com- mittee of the whole. The filibusters In- terposed no objection to this motion, as 1t left the debate running as before without limit, and the motion was carried by a vote of 181 to 0. Mr. Bland explained his move by saying that, inasmuch as it was evident that mo quorum could be obtained today he thought the time could be spent. in de bate. PENCE'S SENSATION. Mr. Pence of Colorado, who was speaking when the filibustering began two weeks ago, took the floor to resume his speech. The scenes of the past ten days, he suid, proved, if any one doubted it, that just as Senator Sherman was the chief lieutenant of tho democratic president in regard to the mone question, so In this house his licutenant w the eminent and talented- gentleman from Maine (Reed). He had witnessed scorcs of roil calls on which all the republicans, ex cept four honorable and independent gentle- men, Messrs. Sweet, Broderick, Bowers and Hartman, have been the chief allies of the executive and sccretary of the (reasury, These gentlemen alone had been above the control and crack of the whip of t minority, But the democrats, he charie were no better than the republicans. Th had 4uggled with silver; they had stricken it down, and now sought to decelve their con. stituents by the support of this bill. On the 19th a democratic caucus had been held and the most rampant man in the hall was to be the gentleman from Tennesssee, Patterson, who, last fall, took back all ho said for fitteen yoars, He acted with the ad- ministration, and in return secured patron age for his district and his state. No man on this floor has eaten more administration pie than he. Yet this man, who surrendered the convietions of a lifetime on that occasion and stood 'up like the gentleman from Texas (Kilgore) and thanked God that he had changed his mind and had the coura to stand by his convictions, bocame in that caucus the most rampant of silver leaders. He went to the extent of proposing a re lutlon authorizing the speaker to count a quornm, Mr. Pence, continuing, said his chief ob- Jection to this bill was that backsliders last mmer would utilize thelr vote upon it to sover thelr retreat and deceive the voters, The utterances of Mr. Patterson in the dem- ocratic caucus would be made to commend him to his constituency as a silver leader, “Mr. Chairman,” said Mr. Pence in con- cluston, “I do not suppose it would do a it of good if the gentleman from Malne (Reod) were here now for me to make an appeal to him to keep his hands off, to Told up his whip, to suspend his management of his party upon this question. Although the gentloman has left his seat, I will treat some of his representatives now present as standing in his stead and will make an ap- peal in behalf of the republican members, who, it s0ems to me, have not had the cour- age to make the appeal for themsely (Laughter). The crack of the gentleman's whip has falled to control four of the minor- ity “And, Mr. Chairman, in addition to these four there have been five or six of the most accomplished, well rounded, graduated and slippery dodgers that ever went on record upon any vote in any house of congress. (Laughter.) . “Cannot the gentleman from Maine HED JUNE 19, 1871, (Ree in t his hand a ans hear f of the countr own convictions and constituents, IN THE ROLE OF A M. the role who s interested more t election of the next house, little while and let the republi- sm the silver producing sections and allow them to volee their the conviction of thelr an any one hold oft PROPHET, never engaged n I am going to do United of the it tic- the Chairman, T have of a prophet, but 50 now The next president of th States will be elected by the vot Fifty-fourth house of representatiy Is any one man here who is interested as to what will | r on the roll call of states at that probably it is the gentleman from Maine, who today, and upon every occasi Is standing up here and elsewhere to be measured against McKinley candidate for president In 1506, (Laughter.) When the question comes before this house, the vote of Idaho will be as big as Pennsy] vania, the vote of Montana as blg as New York, ach stal h g one vot 1 say to him now, when that roll call concs by states he will rue this day and the last fifteen days, Why cannot he take hi nd off of Ellis of Oregon? Why should of Oregon or Pickler of South Dakota be r quired to wind in and wind out and appear and disappear as his vote may be desired or not? Do they belleve for one moment, any one of them, that they can decelve their constituents? t the gentlemen know, h of them id every one of them, that while we are permitted under the rules of this house to bring a_camera on the floor to catch the r tion of each rising vote, ths while we are not permitted to carry a kodak into the gall to cateh the fleeting and flitting nd disappearing forms of th gentlemen as under the direction and domi- nation and suggestion of the gentleman from Maine they grab their coats and disappear from this presence, we do not to remain dumb either here o elsewhere in describing and exposing the absolute and unqualified infamy of such a gang of hypo- crites as the republican minority have been upon this questiong, “Mr. Chairman,. the minority specially despise fhe mugwump, What mugwump? My friend from Montana d scribed @ mugwump here last August in poetic guage. Let me tell in plain lan- Buage what it It is a cross between a democratic cuckoo and a requblican cuckoo. (Laughter and applause.) If there were no cuckoos of one kind or another then there would be no mugwumps. What does it mean, Mr. Chairman, that here on last Friday, when we came within two votes of a quorum and there were nine republicans who voted inside of three minutes after that happened, Mr. Reed and the General Tom Thumb of the democracy (Mr. Tracey), the Tom of one side and the Tom of the other, scared away seven of those nine republicans so that upon the mext ballot, if all who had voted had stayed, there would still not have been a quorum? . “Mr. Chairmai, in the minute now remain- ing to me, I want to reiterate what I said the first time I appeared upon the floor— last August—that the time is rapidly ap- proaching, from day to day, when the pro- ducers of the south and wesi must unite and act together—must before and after Novom- ber be represented by the same men. MR. PATTERSON'S REMARKS, Mr. Patterson of Tennessee, who followed Mr. Pence, said he would not occupy much time in replying (o the stricture of the lat- ter upon his personal action. In his judg- ment, personalities never did any harin unles within the limitations of truth. He had not changed his position. He made a speech last summer against free colnage, and today he was still opposed to it. On that occasion he announced himself in favor of coining the seigniorage. He never denied that he had offered a resolution in the demo- cratic caucus to count a quorum. Neverthe- less, he offered it. Ie was not one of those who would go back on the Lord’s prayer because it was endorsed by the gentleman from Maine. (Republican applatse.) Pro- ceeding, he said that while he favored this bill, he thought the discussion in the house was having and had a disastrous effect upon the country. The fight here had pro- duced a state of alarm. Business men were becoming afraid of silver certificates. Sec- retary “Carlisle had told him, in spite of everything he could do to push these cer- tificates out into the country through the subtreasuries, they came flowing back to the subtreasuries “Do you attribute this to those who have been trying to pass this bill, or those who have been preventing its passage?” asked Mr. Boatner. “To those who have been preventing leg- tslation,” replied Mr. Paterson. Still, he declared, in conclusion, that inasmuch as this alarm did not exist, the second section (providing for the coinage of the remainder of the bullion in the treasury) should be stricken out and the matter ended. Representative Fithian of Illinois created much merriment by reading from the speech of Representative Patterson in New York City last Saturday. Mr. Fithian sald the meeting was one of “goldbugs” and the chairman was a goldbug. In New York Mr. Pat son sald southern men in congress were wedded to old financlal ideas and were ng old fogy traditions. Mr. Fithian gaid if forced to the point of making a choice between New York goldbugs and populists, the people of the south and west would not be slow In choosing the latter. New York leadership in congress at present consistegd in filibusterin It consisted in turning the house Into a “beer garden.” (Laughter.) A bear garden, I mean,” added Fithian, Mr. Fithian continued: “There are three kinds of democrats in this house. The real demos ts, cuckoo democrats and Tom Reed democrats.” He said the roll of the house disclosed the names of the Tom Reed demo- crats who for the last two weeks had been blocking legislation. As between Colorado populists and Tom Reed democrats, he said he would join the for “As to the cuckoo democrats, “they are that class of vacillating, dodging, uncertain, now you see him and now you don't fellows, who make speeches for silver to send to their constituents and then sit silent during a vote on silver, The men who dodge roll call Mr. Fithian were blocking known to be as a Dpropose to seems Mr. said he, added that the men who the selgniorage bill were close fr of the admin Istration. They were known as the men who had the ear of Grover Cleveland. It a fow of these men could block the seigniorage bill, Mr. Fithian warned them the great majority of democrats could, with equal propriety, stay here until next summer and block the passage of eppropriation bil's. Mr. Trucey—If you get a quorum tg your bill, there will be no biocking. “When the bill for the repeal of the Sher- man purchasing act was up,” retorted Mr, Fithian, “the gold men, republicans and democrats, sang sweet songs in the ears of the silver democrats, They sald the seignior- age in the treasury would be coined without further enactment. Why this false pretense? Why were not the pledges kept? Why you fever intonded to do anything for silve sald ho emphatically, addressing his filibus tering democratic colleagues, “as long as you could prevent You never fooled me, J never bolieved you intended to keep faith or in the sincerity und honestyot your pledges, It you are democrats it is your duty to affiliate with democrats. If you refuse, you put yourselves outside the pale of the demo- cratic party.” (Applause.) Mr. Bland then made a vigorous appeal to the democrats opposing his bill to cease fili- bustering. He announced that tomorrow he would move to close the debate and every day thereafter until the bill was brought to a vote. A democratic caucus had decreed it should be kept before the house until voted up or down and it would be, The filibus- ters must take the responsibility for such delay if it ceased. Mr. Neal of Arkansas supported the bill and was followed by Mr. Hepburn of lowa, who called attention to the fact thaf throughout this struggle a constitutional quorum had been present, and demanding that it should be counted. (Republican ap plause.) He read the language of the su preme court, which held that when a ma jority was present (not voting) the house was In a position to do business. Those who refused to recognize this declaration of the supreme court, he said, were fill- (Continued on Third Page.) o pass > . OMAHA, BRICE AND THE BRIGADIERS Ohio's Democratio Senator Pays His Respeots to His Southern Brethren, LIVELY TILT IN THE CAUCUS YESTERDAY Vest Undertakes to Call the Ohion Catches a ¥ Talking To for His Pains, on an Interview an ty lain WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BER, 6513 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON, Feb. Ruite a breeze was created in the caucus of democratic senators today over an inte view published from Senator Brice, in which lie was quoted as saying that the tariff bill to bo presented to the senate a sectional measure, favorable only to the south, and that its burdens would have be carried by the north, the cast and west, and that the commercial interests of the country have been for some time and were now in the hands of a subcommittee of three ex-rebel brigadiers, who were idealists, referring to Jones of Arkan Mills of Texas of Missourl. The latter called up in a passionate specch demanded to know of Senator whether he was correctly The course pursued by the Ohio tor in the presence of that concourse of suthern brigadiers has been a source of a great deal of hearty congratulation to him from patriotic citizens generally. The brigas dier triumvirate who are responsible for the remodeling of the Wilson bill caught a tartar in Senator Brice. The latter stood by every word accredited to him. He drew forth the interview and asked of the irate ex-rebels what there was in it that was not corrrect. The subcommitttee laving charge of the tariff bill were, he said, as cverybody knows, southern confederates, nd not one of them had practical knowledge of the tariff subject, BRICE CRITICISES THE BILL. He then went all through the tariff bill remodeled by the committee, and showed that it was essentially a measure for the south, that the east and entire northern and western country would have to bear all of the. burdens in the proposed law that the south gave nothing and took every thing: that such a law as was proposed by the Wilson bill, while intended to revive interests in the south, proposed no advantage to the cast or west, or any section of the north, and struck vital blows at all of the great interests and industries in those sec- tions. In short Senator Brice “fairly ripped the hill up the back,” and proved every as- sertion wade in the interview credited to him. He left the impression in the most decided way that if some of the interests in his sfate and cast and west generally wers not better protected than by the bill presented le would vote “against it upon its final passage. It was supposed when (he southerners Jumped upon the Ohio senator that he would pursue the usual course of public men and repudiate the interview. He not only stood by i, but ‘rubbed it in” on those who thought they would annihilate him and his assertions. The speech of Senator Brice was the topic of comment among republicans at the capitol during the afternoon. Senator Turpie of Indiana made a long and bitter speech in the caucus against taking sugar off the free list and making it pay duty. He said he opposed any duty at all and declared that if the sugar men of this country could not bufld up their industry without a bounty or duty they had better go out of that business. He was especially bit- ter in denouncing the sugar bounty, while the suggestion of a duty for the protection to the domestic sugar producer acted like a red flag before the male bovine. N ACCUSED OF LUKEWARMNESS. It begins to look as though Senator Allen had been taking undue credit to himself for zeal in bebalf of the beet sugar industry of Nebraska, He is ardently in favor, of a bounty to encourage the development of the sugar industry, but says that he will not support a duty on sugar either for revenue or protection to the domestic industry. He says he will vote for the bill without a bounty or duty, although he would like to have the bounty contract fulfilled. Of course Senator Allen is aware that the sen- ate committee is opposed to the bounty system, while he announces, his willingness to vote for the bill without any bounty pro- vision in it. If Senator Allen would stand by the beet sugar industry of his state like some democratic senatcrs are advoeat ng pro- tection to their home industries he would secure either a bounty or a duty, for if he would only show his carnestness by pledging his vote against the bill on final passage it it contained no protection to the beet sugar industry, the bill would be altered to comply with his demands, as there are two or three other populists in the senate who will follow his lead on the tariff, and should they join the democratic revolt against the Wilson bill it would result in the certain defeat of that measure. Senator Allen is right in demanding a bounty, but his friends here say his demand is not sufficiently earnest to have any influence whatever, LIVE STOCK IN NEBRASKA. A crop bulletin just issucd at the Agricul- tural department contains these notes: “Nebraska—There is a large increase numbers of all live stock, while the average prices are low. The prices are in all in- stances for common stock, what is termed fancy or high bred not being included in the caluation. The very great increase in sheep is attributable to the unusually large num. ber brought from elsewhere Into this state to be fed for the winter. The winter season has been most remarkable in Nebraska. The weather thus far has been in the main as mild as spring. “lowa—The number of horses and mules is greater than one year ago, owing to low prices and slow sales, Milch cows show an increase in number, and in many sections the demand is good, cows bringing as much as §40. Sheep are falling off in number. Farmers are selling their stock In order to invest in stock which they think more profit- able. Hogs probably show a number greater than last year, but the number of pounds of pork is no doubt less.'" TO WEIGH THE MAI The Nebraska delegation is in r letters from persons in their state request- ing appointment as weighers of malls, Representative Mercer called upon Second Assistant Postmaster General J. Lowrie Bell this morning and was Informed that at the ast weighing of mails no persons were upon the eligible list and recommendations were ognized from senators and congressmen, Things are different now. The government has & large eligible list from which to select these weighers. Mr. Bell says the men will first be selected from thosc in the regular malil service and if more are needed then a call Will be made upon the substitute list in the service. Mr. Bell says further that it is impossible to give all persons employment who are now upon the eligible list and op- portunities like the one \ lon are al ways welcome. The eligible list contains enough persons to do this work and it will be unnecessary to call upon persons outside the service to do the labor of weighin malls. In short it Is no use to ask congress men for positions as mail welghers this yea During the past week changes In the officers of national banks have been reported to_the comptroller as follows Nebraska—The First National of Seward, no assistant cashier in place of Silas Figard the National of Ashland, J. J. Brown, presi dent in place of J. R. Hayward, N. B. Fuller vice president in place of 8. Fales; the North Platte National, W. W. Birge, vic president in place of C. F. Iddings, O, F Scharmann in place of B. C. Baker lowa—The Oskaloosa National, no cashier in place of C. E. Lefland; the First Natonal of Clarion, J. M. Overbaugh, assistant cash First National of Audubon, Theodor ow, vice president, E. 8. Van Gorder assistant cashier. enators and Vest interview in South Dakota—The First National of | movals and Bve by TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, Mitehell, O. P. Grabam, assistant cashier; o National Bank df Commerce of Plerre, J. C. Eager prosident in place of James . Sebree, James A, Ward vice president place of J C Bager; the First Natiol Lead, R. H. Driseoll cashier in place Alexander Ross. Wyoming—The Mirst National of Rock Springs, H. B. Christmas, assistant cashier Utah—The Natlonal Bank of the Republic of Salt Lake City, B. W. Duncan cashicr in place of J. A. Eatls, IN A GENERAL Senator Manderson introduced in the sen- ate today the resolutions adopted by the city council of Florence, Neb., asking for an ap- propriation to prevent further cutting of the banks of the Missouri and to hold the river in its channel opposite that city Representative Bryan has returned from his trip to Chicago. It appears that he has either backed out of postponed his speech- making tour into Ceforado M. W. Bruce, formerly of Omaha, appeared at the capitol today with his party of Esqui- maux. The little 3-year-old Esquimaux child was the center of attraction in the corridor of the capitol. Mr. Bruce will take his Alas kan party béfore a house committee this week and make an argument in favor of an appropriation to further assist in the int duction of reindeer in Alaska for food pur- poses, L Kelly was today appointed postmas- ter at Merna, Custer county, vice Charles Foote, resigned, and F. T, Swanson at Ver- Clay county, Neb., vice T. R. Elder, re moved; James Farmer, jr. at Coyote, Gar- feld county, U. T, vice . J. McCullough, removed, and Mrs. Lizzie M. Kimball at Glen Rock, Converse county, Wyo., vice J. L. Graner, resigned, J. W. Wellder of Omaha is James, PERRY 8. of WAY. at the St HEATH. ROUBLE WiTH THE TARIFF, the Mensure Becoming Very Interesting WASHING N, Feb. The of the senate finance committee failed to pre the tariff bill to the full committee at 10 o'clock this morning as they expected to do. The committego met promptly at 10 o'clock, all the members present except Sen- ators | Vance and Jones of Nevada, who are absent from the city, and Senator Mills, who is indisposed. Senator McPherson was there to take his place, however. The committtee remained in the finance commit- tee room only a few minutes, when the dem- ocrat members came out and went into the democratic caucus, It was given out as a reason for the failure to present the bill that there were some errors in the bill as it had come from the printer, making it necessary to postpone its presentation, and it Is under- stood that some matters have not yet been decided upon by the subzommittee. The sub- committtee was: consequently requested to meet again at 10 o ("'n('k tomorrow. The scnate democrats caucused hour over the ' tariff and ad- journed at noon, ihe hour for the senate (o convene, without accomplishing anything. It is understood that the caucus was devoted largely to speechmaking and to the consideration of the policy of the party with reference to the tarifi bill when it shall reach the senate. There was also some dis- cussion as to whether the bill should be sub- mitted to the full committee before it had been inspected and passed upon by the caucus. Among others who made speeches in the democratic catcus otere Senators Butler, Pugh and McPherson, all of whom spoke in a conciliatory tone snd mdvised the making sure of a democratic majority for the tarift bill before bringing it nto the senate, which assurance could only be reached through a general conference _4f democratic senators such as could be had in a caucus. There was no opposition expressed to this view, and when a motion was made that the caucus ad- journ until 1 o’clock the motion carried withw| out a division. The bill was not read in the caucus, nor was there reference made to anv of the schedules. None of the points on which the ors constituting the caucus are known er were taken up. ater developments concerning the caucus of this forenoon are to the effect that there was more or less reference to an interview of Senator Brice, published in a New York paper, in whick he was quoted as saying that the tariff bill to be' presented to tho senate had been presented by three ex-con- federate brigadiers, all of whom were ideal- ists, referring to Senators Jones, Mills and | Vest. Mr. Vest is said to have spoken quite sharply in reply to this statement, and Mr. Brice to have replied with no less fecling. Mr. Brice sald he was not complaining of the wool schedule, but that he objected to the general methad of procedure, and that he thought the party In the senate should have been consulted as such in shaping the 1l P hile the interview of Senator Drice was being discussed, the other senator said it was not a question of who made the state- ment of the manner in which the bill was prepared as to whether it was true or not. Several senators concur in this, and declared the criticism which Senator 'Brice had made of the manner of preparing the bill had resulted in bringing it before the caucus, and, in that respect, a great deal had been gained by the caucus. Among_the senators, who it is asserted, concurred in Senator Brice's statement to caucus are Senators Morgan, Butler, Camden and others from the Tinkering with democrats sent an m. the cancus adjourned until 10 o'clock after a continuous ssion. Regarding Publ WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—A bill to ratif the agreement for the purchase of lands from the Yankton tribe of Sloux Indians for settlement has been introduced by Repre- sentative Lucas of South Dakota. It pro poses to appropriate $600,000, making $100,- 000 immediately availabl The house committee on public lands voted this morning to favorably report Dele gate Fiynn's bill to donate the abandoned miitary reservation at Oklahoma City to the territory for public schoc poses. At 5:30 p. tomorrow at four hours o Lands. Changed His Klag to the N WASHINGTON, Reb, 26 ceived last night by Seevctary Herbert from Admiral Benham at Itio states that he has transferred his flag from the San Francisco to the New York. The purpose was (o allow the San Franeiseo to go outside the harbor for fresh air. ‘The ships are taking turns at the duty bf staying in the harbor, and it is now the New York's turn. Admirai Benham and staff are the only persons in the fleet who are unable to indulge in the change. i In tho Patent O wa 1INGTON, Feb. 26.—Commissioner of Patents Seymour has dssued a circular nouncing that hereafter, on Wednesdays, he or the assistant commmissioner, will give special hearings on questions of classifica- tion and applications ‘for patents to exum- iners whose divisions may be involved, written statements on these questions be received, Signed by the President. WASHINC AN, Feb. 26.—The has signed tha act granting to the Des Moines Power company the right to con- struct and in 4 ‘wing dam canal and power station the Mississippi river in Hancock count Retired with itk Ofice. WASHINGTON Feb. 26.—The investigation Beale, the only medical storekeeper in the milltary establishment, was placed on the retired list of the army today In consequence of age, and the ofiice has gone out of ex Istence. an- will president Forty-Nine Postmasters Appointed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Forty-nine fourth class postmastors were appointed today. Of these thirty were to tlll vacan- cles caused by resignations, fourteen by re- deaths. 1894, THEY CONTROL THREE STATES How the Fighting is Progressing in the @reat Republio to the South, INSURGENT GAINS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL Some of Sen: Mello's Finest Bahia to M Sno Paulo Garrison Reinforeed. War Ships to Ite to Peixoto's LONDON, a dis Feb, from 26.—~The Times publishes Montevideo sent by it correspondent Rio de ieiro on Feb- ruary 20, It follows: A messenger sent to the southern part of Brazil returned here today. He says the armies with General Saraiva in Parana and with General Salgado In Rio Grande do Sul are well equipped and have plenty of arms and am- munition. General Saraiva and his army are adv; toward Sao Paulo, while Salgado's army s in the vicinity of orto Alegre holding in check the govern ment troops and preventing any movement northward. The messenger further says the Insurgents ae completely in control of the states of Parana, Santa Catherina and Rio irande do Sul, where they have just lately entered the city of Santa Anna. It appears that General iva and Salgado both disapprove of the composition of the provisional government, asserting it is not sufficiently representative. If the revolution s successful they will - im- mediately insist upon the appointment of a responsible provisional minister. Admiral da Gam expresses the same opinion, like- wise Silvera Martinez, The crulser Republica, the armed mer- chant steamer Metzero and the Aquidaban will proceed to Bahfa for the purposd of at tacking the government squadron there, The government yesterday sent 800 men to reinforce the garrison at Sao Paulo in con- sequence of a request from the governor for reinforcements. A heavy artillery fire is being kept up today between the forts and there is some musketry along the shore front. atch from is as ancing Genera WILSON DISQUALIFIED. tion to the French Chamber of Deputies Set Aside, PARIS, Feb. 26.—In the Chamber of Deputies today there was a lively sitting, the excitement arising out of the discussion of the verification of the election of M. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law’ of thie late President Grevy, who represents the arron- dissement of Loches. M. Basty, under the ghise of explaining his pesition in the mat- ter, wanted to air his particular views, but President Dupuy stopped him. This mada the radicals break out into loud protests, a violent upro M. Miller vehemently whom he classed as “the all ists” in the Chamber, declar be found even among the fricnds ministry The Chamber, by a vote of 465 to 2, in- validated M. Wilson's election. M. Wilson was elected to the Chamber August 20, 1893, by a vote of 9,505 against 7,308 obtained by M, Muler, the previous representalive of Loches. In 1802 M. Muler brought an action against M. Wilson, claiming electoral corruption, which, however, resuited In M. Wilson being fined. His EJ and which cuu attacked those s of Panam ng they would of the APOLOGIZED TO THE PORT! Minister Terrill Denies Romors Regarding His Intentio CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.—The in- terpreter of the United States legation has called upon the porte, on behalf of the United States minister, Mr. Alex W. Terrill, In regard to the statement generally pub- lished to the effect that he, the United States minister, had severcly remonstrated with the _porte in regard to the treatment of Armenians who had obtained American citizenship and that Mr. Terrill had threat- ened to ask the United States government to dispatch two war vessels to the scene of the alleged outrages. The interpreter informed the porte that Mr. Terrill deeply regretted the publication, which originated in Trench sources, and which was entirely ungounded. win esented to the Quec LONDO; eb. 26.—Unlted States Am- ssador Bayard had an interview this afte noon with the earl of Rosebery, secretary of state for forcign affairs, at the forelgn office, o Americans will be presented in the general circles at the queen's drawing room tomorrow. In the diplomatic circle Mi Roosevelt, a cousin of Mr. James R. Roo velt, secretary of the United States e bassy, and Mrs. Ludlowe, wife of Major William_Ludlowe, military attache of the United States embassy, will be presented, Miss Bayard will be presented by Mrs. Thoma rd, after the latter has her- self been pres v Vienna's Dem VIENNA, Feb. A rlotous demonstra- tion of the unemployed took place here today. At a meeting of the people ot of work, at which about 1,000 were present, the unemployed, after listening to several fler rsses upon the part of (heir leader uproarious, and many of them afterwards attempted to march through the streets singing revolutlonary songs entually the police, who were trying to quell the disturbance, were reinforced by a strong detachment of mounted police, and the latter charged on the rioters and dis- persed them. Church and ~tate In Hung BUDA-PESTH, Feb. 26.—In the Unterhaus today, during the discussion of the civil mar riage bill, Premior Wekerle stated that the goverument had come to the conclusion that the state and church should he separated. Dr. Wekerle added that the government was preparing measures to render the Catholic church independent, and that at the same time the government would grant state ald to other churche s. 1 n JALCUTTA, d the Silver Questlon, Feb. 26.—AtL a meeling natives and Europeans in the town hall resolutions were passed urging the govern to try to settle the silver question by nationl agreement and to appoint a ommission, to include residents of who are not officials of the govern- of India ment. S 3 Chauce for u Big Sensati MONTREAL, Feb, liberals claim to have a big sensation in store for the next glon of the dominion parllament, and it is sald that charges will be brought against members of the cabinet of similar charactor to those brought against the postm eral, Mrs, Martin's Cose. LONDON, Feb. 26.—The suit of Mrs. Blddulph Martin against the trustees British museum was continued today queen’s bench division of the high court justice before Baron Pollock. A number offictals testified on behalf of the museum John of the in the of of Ordered to the Front, LONDON; Feb. Four hundred marines, who stationed to be In readiness to pr West Africa, to take part gainst the slave traders, at have cod are now Chatham been ordered to Bathurst the expedition s Amendie The of Sulishury LONDON, Feb. 26 mons today by a vote Lord Salisbury’s new amen ary 23 in the Mouse of Lords to the parish counclls bill enabling parishes of between SINGLE (X 200 to 500 inhabitants to dispense with par ish counclls. MADE A LOUD NOISE, Bomb Thrown Tnto Did Little PISA, Feb. 26.—During a p “Othello” at the Te uvo evening a petard was thrown into the awdi torfum through a window in the rear of the The missile burst with loud report and created the greatest exci ment, but Infured no one and did not dam- age the theater After the explosion the | for the exits, but chestra shouted and ordered the 1) Ttallan Keal Dam Theater mance of tro yesterday stage. explosive ople made a rush the conductor of the or that there was no danger orehestra strike up the national anthem and later Garibaldian anthem. The police are investigating the outrage, but at present no arrests have been made. TWENTY-FIVE MEN KILLED, Bolter Exploxion in t derowski Tron Works ST. PETERSBURG, Feb, 26.—A bofler explosion has taken place at fron works at Alexanderowskl. Twenty-five men were killed and ten were seriously in Jured. Result of a Alexan. torrible the big United States and Quaranti PARIS, i.—~The membors of the coming sanitary congress express surprise at the attitude of the United S saying that its representatives oppose every method proposed to lighton quarantine regnlations, and claim to beliove that their object i inv such relations as will prevent their innovation. MARY ELTL SECOND DEGREE She Mas Knows AL thy CHICAGO, Feb, safd Mrs, Mary the Palmer house St Craft's Secrets. 26.--"Yes, 1 am a Mason,” Ellen Lease, in her room at “It i surprising that that assertion of mine sent all over the country,” and Mrs, Lease laughed with all the glee of a school gitl, “Why, do you know that I have received tele: grams from several New York publishers offering me sums of 0 and upwards to story of how I became a Mason. 1T was 16 L1 was living h N. Y mine, wWho wis mient Mason, put it i my way to witness a Masonic infthation, and 1 saw t three degrecs administered o a candidate “Wepe vou admitted to the lodge room “No, 1 was behind a door that had a slid- wicket in it, and 1 saw the wh e through ' the wicke 8o you that is the way [ hecar Mason. o be i possession of secrets of craft is to be a Mason." it not have heen a has been the mock initia- frair. T have erets of the nfirmed. 1 who is mock o of th 4 have been 1 to find out from my husband, Muson, but he has neve enme any satisfaction. I once told him how 1 came into possession of the secrets of the order, and his only answer was to term the gen- tieman that placed me at the wicket, a fool, emphasized with a strong adjective “Fow did I come to make the annour ment after o many years? Under rather peculinr circumstances, Tt was while the decision of gny suit with Governor Lew- ling was “pending before the supreme court, A gentleman said 0 me: *You will your case, the governor I8 a Mason.’ I' 1 retorted, and knowing him to Magon, 1 gave him the grip. He stonished and remarked that T ¢ tainly knew something about Masonry. then told him that I was going to organ: a woman's branch, and so the story got out.” MKAYNE ET AL of New York's Election Laws in o Fair Way of Punishu, BROOKLYN, Feb. 2%.-The Judge Cullen, denylng Johin Y. McKanc a certificate of reasonable doubt, removed ap- parently his last chance of remalning out- side of Sing Sing prison. It s unde that he will he sent there promptly to | Dis six vears’ sentence. HIs only recourse is an application to other fudges of the s preme court for a slay, but it is not known that any of them will' sec it to interfere His proposed appeal (o the court of appeals will not keep him out of jail, " In the ab sence ¢ a declsion”in the case may be dela long time, Justice of the Peace Kinneth Sutherland of Gravesend was placed on trial in the court of oyer and terfiner hefore Judge Cullen today. He is charged with oppres sion in arresting the copyixts and w s on the Saturday night previous to the elec- tion, when the men went down to Graves- end 'to watch the election inspectors of that town. The punishment for the crime is year in prison, or a fine, or hoth WHITE PLAINS, N, eb. 20.—Fol- lowi ey the refusal of Judge Culle to g a st Judge Dyk- man also dectin in the exceu- tion of the sente 1 wye Joachimson of White Plains and made Judge Dykman at once e and the transaction wa grounds on which the application was based were me as those presented to Judge Culle —a— CONGRESSMAN WILSON'S Latest Advices from His Bedsid ing Chance for Life ST. LOUIS, T'eh. A special to the Re- public from the City of Mexico says: Con- gressman Wilson is In the private car of A. A, Robingon of the Central railway in the company's yards at Guadalajara. The car fs sidetracked and removed as far as possible from all d ) distinguished pati the ut- St care and now wogood fighting chance for his life. Ilis temperature was unchanged today i, in consequence, the physicians think that this is the thirteenth day of (yphold fever. It is not possible to the exuct age of the discase, as his perature win t taken dafly ' enroute ym Kansus Clty to Aguas Caliente, con uently the physicians are guessing at at random us to the age of th se, but are confident it is at least tenth’ day, an lleve It to the teenth Congul General Crittenden man Tarsiey are in close by wire, watching for every Wilson's condition, but so note s seen Violater: of ppeared - in the application. refus [ CONDITION. A Fight. s nes ai- the thir 1 at . be A Congress mmunication hitnge in Mr nothing of T SPOKE OUT IN MEETING, le New Jerse 15 Not Afraid to TRENTON, N, I, Feb. 26—\ was caused In the democratic senate to night by the speech of Senator Miller, in which he saild he was tired of the deadlock and added that if the republicans would come in he would vote to seat thelr sen- ators, He held that the sen had but one Incentive, and thut was to protect the race track legislation, and he did not pro pose to be a party to'this nization any longer. Senator Miller was severely crit fclzed [ ——— Elections in Costa Ri SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, A local firm of coffee dealers has received partial re turng of the presidential elections held in Costa Rica on the 4th, 5th and 6th inst. 1t reported that the liberal candidate, 10l de Jimenez, was completely routed the polls, as was ulso the new parly ed by Felix Montro, The election ap to be in doubt hetween 3 ldate of the civil | : of the € fayor of Iglesias, sald to be & sort of Bah under the present administration, be ing secretury of stat retury of the treusury und secretary of war. His posi tion enabled him to wicld great political power at the elections. Though the con test was very bitter there wus no lghting the 1 nons the Btate One De nator Who sensation Mar at pears slas G. Trejos, candida with chances i latter candidate | No Feurs f WASHINGTON white house or the the safety of President ¢l retary Gresham, who left in Matian likhthotse | the rou form | tered the heads of any oue o the white | nouse, paldent. There is not the officials of 1) department o land and § the storm iness i o of Polo aptain vl the ¥ FIVE CENT — FELL VERY FLAT ' [y Von Mirbach's Opposition to the Rus Commercial Treaty in the Reishstag, IT WAS ASSERTIONS WITHOUT ARGUMENTS. Crowded Galleries Listen to the Dobates Upon the Measure, RIDICULE FREELY USED AS A WEAPON Flippant Specches Made Against the Proa posed Commercial Treaty, VON BIEBERSTEIN'S ABLE DEFENSE Attacks Upon the Bl Refuted and Exe Planntions Nature Made of a Convineing e Audienco Disuppointed i Regard to the Speeches, LONDON, Feb, 2 the Times at Berlin seemed (o have fc to the debate the galleries The correspondent of The publia ed great expeetations as the Relchstag were oyer-crowd members benchos, however, were means full, except on the right side. Tha conservatives had evidently made overy exertion to secure a good attendance of their partisans in order to applaud Count von Mirbach's Nt on the Russian treaty. In a speech which took nearly twe hours to deliver, Count von Mirbach stated In gencral terms that the bill and treaty, would work among the agrarians incaleul= able injury,and that the imperial power woult inflict damage upon the husbandry, but hae utterly failed to adduce any new arguments o justify the conservative opposition. 16 appeared, in fact, as it he purposely avolded the dangerous course of trying to prove his assertions. Ilis opening repudiation of per- sonal antagonism to leading statesmen caused great merriment. He declared that he would leave interference with the prerogative of the crown to other parties. “We cling still,” he continued, “'to Prince Bismarclk's commercial policy as both nu- tonal and patriotic. We would bave been willing to accept the sacrifices that the goy- ernment poliey imposed on husbandry had we received the necessary compensation,” Baron Maroschall von Biorberstein, the elgn secretary, in a speech justifying the ty on a patriotic basis, said he would leave it to the members of-the opposition to prove if they could that it was not politically; dangerous to refuse to one mighty neighbor what had been granted to others. The minister, whose patience was inexhaustible, then entered into the hopeless task of convineing the agrarlans by incon= say in vesterday, and i by ng onsla trovertible statistics that their assumptiops s were fals After refuting one by, one the conservative arguments the foreign minister concluded: * 0 cause I represent has a strong current flowing against it among the ugricaltural population. 1 am not inclined (o make light of this current, for if the placid conservative folk, sucl, as our agricultural poulation, shows such signs of discontent it points to a sore spot. In our economic life which it is the duty: of the state to cure. The maintenance of a prosperous country and middle class is exceedingly lmportant, but no one can de- mand that the government should yield to an agitation as to the objects of whic the leaders themselves are not fully in- formed.” The whole discussion, except the speech of the forclgn minister was marked by, irrelevancy and almost flippancy, quite in- compatible with the importance of the sub- Ject. Every possible incident was converted into a source of merriment, LOSS GF THE JUPITER, One of Mello's Vessels Sunk by a Shell from the Shore. NEW YORK, Feb, 26.—A Herald special from Rio confirms the reports of the sinking of the rebel ship Jupiter In Rio bay last Thursday. A shell exploded in her boiler room and set fire to her powder magazine. Her entire crew perished and many vessels were injured by flying splinter; FEIGID NEW YORK. Winds Unpleasant Metropolis. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—New York Is snowe clad and almost snowbound, so effectually have the elements done thelr work. Tor twenty-four hours Father Knickerbocker ex- perienced such a storm as he has not wit- nessed since the blizzard of 1858, and driving snow and sleet and rain carly this morning made the streets nearly impassable. The drifts piled up along the sides of bulldings, blocked the narrow streets, hung in huge frozen masses from: house tops, retarded cars 1d made life in general miserable for the most long suffering individual, For twenty-four hours the wind swirled around cory and up and down streets and avenues with the force sometimes of a cata- pult and carcied vast impenetrablo clouds of snow, while sometimes clouds of rain and drove over the city with fearful force Today the gale has been even worse, with the wind blowing fifty miles an hour and the seas in the harbor are running mountain high. Even on shore ‘he shricking wind made travel estremely unpleasant and fre- quently dangerous The mercury hovered around the storm broke last night, but it gradually got further away from the bulb, and cariy in the morning dismal of water, sur- rounded by snow, dotted the streets in'every direction. ~ Towards mianight it began to grow cold. The probabilities for tomorrow, as outlined by Forecaster Dun, are for colder weather with less wind and no more snow ro when Tn Now AMBOY, N. J led here ke ha been done Sumantha was blown on, it will be hard to get her off. The strects are all a foot deep with slush and mud and are strewn with fallen trees and debris of cvery kind, ( b, A day; consider- 1o shipping ashore, She Dbliz= zard il able The is ¢ has dan hark I Along the Onto, CINCINNATI, Feb. 26, from Ohio river polnts on the West Virginia border report snow to be heavy in the West Virginia Alleghanies and it is still snowing. It there should be a heavy rain a great flood would be Inevitable, e PROVECTED BY FRIENDS, City's oA n Facort to MeNumiy KANSAS CITY, Ieb. 2.~The case of ex Priest McNamara, whose remarks on Ca tholicism early In January caused a small rlot called in the court thix mornin The charg him I the slandering of Pathers Dalton and Lillis and Mother | Vincent Up to 1 p. m. ten jurors had been secured and It 18 thought the remainder of the uf ternoon will be taken up securing the other Specials tonight Kansos Out as an wa eriminal Ainst Lwe At L) ¥ n esiding Jud il ana it exsury 10 until of the court taken sud would b Wednesdi rnl hed the street trong, many of 1A, formed i I marched to his procession, hended used considerable coms thee the ex-priest, ¢ ent on the stree